2011 Top 10 Most Stolen Vehicles in the U.S.

1. 1994 Honda Accord 
2. 1995 Honda Civic 
3. 1991 Toyota Camry 
4. 1999 Chevrolet Pickup (Full Size) 
5. 1997 Ford F150 Series/Pickup 
6. 2004 Dodge Ram 
7. 2000 Dodge Caravan 
8. 1994 Acura Integra 
9. 2002 Ford Explorer 
10. 1999 Ford Taurus

(Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau, October 2011)

2004 Top 10 Most Stolen Vehicles in the U.S.

1. 1995 Honda Civic
2. 1989 Toyota Camry
3. 1991 Honda Accord
4. 1994 Dodge Caravan
5. 1994 Chevrolet Full Size C/K 1500 Pickup
6. 1997 Ford F150 Series
7. 2003 Dodge Ram Pickup
8. 1990 Acura Integra
9. 1988 Toyota Pickup
10. 1991 Nissan Sentra

(Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau, November 2005)

from Here is New York

“The city, for the first time in its long history, is destructible. A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers, cremate the millions. The intimation of mortality is part of New York now: in the sound of jets overhead, in the black headlines of the latest edition.”

E.B.White, 1948

Cowboy Code

1. Never pass anyone on the trail without saying "Howdy".
2. When approaching someone from behind, give a loud greeting before you get within pistol shot.
3. Don't wave at a man on a horse.  It might spook the horse and the man will think you're an idiot. (A nod is the proper greeting.)
4. After you pass someone on the trail, don't look back at him.  It implies you don't trust him.
5. Riding another man's horse without his permission is nearly as bad as making love to his wife.  Never even bother another man's horse.
6. Never shoot an unarmed man.  Never shoot a woman at all.
7. A cowboy is pleasant even when out of sorts.  Complaining is what quitters do, and cowboys hate quitters.
8. Always be courageous.  Cowards aren't tolerated in any outfit worth its salt.
9. A cowboy always helps someone in need, even a stranger or an enemy.
10. When you leave town after a weekend of carousing, it's perfectly all right to shoot your six-guns into the air, whoop like crazy and ride your horse as fast as you can.  This is called "hurrahing" a town.
11. A horse thief may be hung peremptorily.
12. Never try on another man's hat.
13. Never wake another man by shaking or touching him.  He might wake up suddenly and shoot you.
14. Real cowboys are modest.  A braggart who is "all gurgle and no guts" is not tolerated.
15. A cowboy doesn't talk much; he saves his breath for breathing.
16. No matter how weary and hungry you are after a long day in the saddle, always tend to your horse's needs before your own, and get your horse some feed before you eat.
17. Cuss all you want, but only around men, horses and cows.

http://www.thewildwest.org/cowboys/wildwestcowboyfacts/218-cowboy-codesofthewest

Church and Worth

Cerveza Pacifico

from A Separate Peace

"In the deep, tacit way in which feeling becomes stronger than thought, I had always felt the Devon School came into existence the day I entered it, was vibrantly real while I was a student there, and then blinked out like a candle the day I left.

"Now here it was after all, preserved by some considerate hand with varnish and wax. Preserved along with it, like stale air in an unopened room, was the well known fear which had surrounded and filled those days, so much of it that I didn't even know it was there. Because, unfamiliar with the absence of fear and what that was like, I had not been able to identify its presence.

"Looking back now across fifteen years, I could see with great clarity the the fear I had lived in, which must mean that in the interval I had succeeded in a very important undertaking: I must have made my escape from it.

"I felt fear's echo, and along with that I felt the unhinged, uncontrollable joy which had been its accompaniment and opposite face, joy which had broken out sometimes in those days like Northern Lights across black sky."

by John Knowles, 1959